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Re: [PPLetterpress] Re:Dwell?

With the Improved Gordon isn t the improvement the dwell? I appreciate that it occurs at both lay and impression, but I have always assumed that the

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, Dec 8, 2006

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With the "Improved Gordon" isn't the 'improvement' the dwell? I appreciate
that it occurs at both lay and impression, but I have always assumed that
the purpose was the extention of time at the point of impression rather than
at the point of laying the paper down. Or is that improvement only available
on Arab presses (which in the UK we consider to be the "Improved Gordon"
machine.

And I'm sure I get better inking by running the Vandercook slower, surely
the equivalent of dwell on a cylinder press.

> Rummonds is a big believer in dwell, but I personally can't see that it
> makes any difference on my Washington press. I suppose there is some point
> at which the contact of paper to an inked surface is so fast that the ink
> hasn't time to transfer, but I suspect it is measured in nanoseconds rather
> than anything we mortals could control.
> David

Susan Angebranndt

This article in this Sunday s New York Times about the current interest in letterpress printing starts off with a picture of Eric Holub (who often contributes

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, Dec 9, 2006

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This article in this Sunday's New York Times about the current interest in
letterpress printing starts off with a picture of Eric Holub (who often
contributes to this list) and one of the Vandercooks at the SF Center for
the Book